--- --- # Schools Should Fix Homework by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 27, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 27, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Schools should fix homework, not ban it.**](https://psmag.com/education/making-homework-matter-dont-ban-it-fix-it) By James McWilliams in _Pacific Standard_ **2\.** [**The opioid epidemic is changing too fast to be tamed.**](https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/the-opioid-epidemic-is-changing-too-fast-to-be-tamed.html) By Zachary Siegel in _the Cut_ **3\.** [**This alternative credit agency lets immigrants bring their credit with them.**](https://www.fastcompany.com/40481337/this-alternative-credit-agency-lets-immigrants-bring-their-credit-with-them) By Ben Schiller at _Fast Company_ **4\.** [**Scientists are trying to hack the social network of bacteria.**](http://www.anl.gov/articles/hacking-bacterial-social-network) By Steve Koppes at the _Argonne National Laboratory_ **5\.** [**Soon any window could be a solar cell.**](http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/transparent-solar-technology-represents-wave-of-the-future/) By the _Michigan State University_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Five Best: Schools Should Fix Homework ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5000160/schools-should-fix-homework/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5000160/schools-should-fix-homework/"},"headline":"Schools Should Fix Homework","datePublished":"2017-10-27T16:00:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:22.476Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5000160/schools-should-fix-homework/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Environment","Innovation","Education","opioids","finance","Science"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5000160/schools-should-fix-homework/","name":"Schools Should Fix Homework"}}]}] ```